Coin and bill mailing card



May 1, 1962 B. OVERFORS COIN AND BILL MAILING CARD Filed Dec. 18, 1959 M I l I I i I I I 1 II A |1 I s K m m m R w a G li E T 4 5 2 ii lw E M n Y A w w N A 6 a F ZIZFIG. 42 m IN VEN TOR. B ERTEI. O vERFons AT TORNE Y United States Patent 3,032,256 COIN AND BELL MAILING ARD Bertel Overfors, 2801 W. Superior St, Duluth, Minn. Filed Dec. 18, 1959, Ser. No. 868,472 1 Claim. (Cl. 229--92.9)

My invention relates to an improvement in a coin and bill mailing card.

An object of my invention is to provide a coin and bill mailing card having slots for the coins and retaining means which prevent the coins from disengaging from the slots particularly when the card is held fiat in an envelope.

It is also an object to provide a card of the type described in which the retaining means may be instantly brought into coin-retaining position, or instantly removed from such position.

It is a further object to provide a coin and bill mailer in which the coin retaining position means forms part of the card itself and is brought into coin retaining by a simple folding action.

I shall not here attempt to set forth and indicate all of the various objects and advantages incident to my invention, but other objects and advantages will be referred to in or else will become apparent from that which follows:

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.

In the drawings forming part of this application:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of a coin and bill mailer in folded coin-retaining position according to my invention.

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of my mailer in opened extended position.

FIGURE 3 is a top edge view thereof, an enclosing envelope shown in broken lines.

FIGURE 4 is a sectional View on the line 4--4 of FIG- URE 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my coin and bill mailing card A includes the flat base portion 18 and hingedly connected to one edge of the base portion by means of the fold line 12 is the wing portion 14. The reference numeral 16 designates a flap member hingedly connected to the edge of the wing portion 14 by means of the fold line 18. I further provide the further wing portion 20 which is hingedly connected to the edge of the base portion opposite that to which the wing 14 is connected. The wing portion 20 is hingedly connected by the fold line 22, and a further flap member 24 is provided which is hingedly connected to the outer edge of the wing portion 20 by means of the fold line 26.

The reference numeral 28 designates a slot formed in the wing portion 20 of a length to tightly receive a twentyfive cent piece. The slot 28 is formed centrally of the wing 20 and parallel to the fold lines 22 and 26. The slot 30 is similarly formed, and the slot 32 is also similar- Patented May 1, 1962 ly formed to receive a five cent piece. Slots 34, 36, 38 and 40 are similarly formed in the Wing 14 whereby ten cent pieces, or the like, may be mounted thereon.

The width of the wing portions 14 and 28 is slightly greater than the diameter of the coins mounted thereon. With the wing portion 20, for example, folded upon the base portion 10 and the flap portion 24 folded upon the wing portion 26 it will be seen that a stop shoulder is formed at the fold line 22 and at the fold line 26 which prohibit lateral displacement of the coin 42, for example, from the wing 20. The upper and lower edges of the slot 28 prohibit movement longitudinally of the wing, and as a result the coin is held in position on the wing portion 20. The wing portion 20 and the fiap 24 are maintained in folded position upon the base 10 by the restraining effect of the walls 44 and 46 of the envelope 48, FIGURE 3, in which the mailer A is positioned for mailing.

I further provide the strap portion 50 which is formed from the base portion 10 by making two parallel spaced cuts which stop just short of the fold lines 12 and 22. A folded bill, such as 52, is slipped under the strap portion 50 and maintained in such position particularly when the wing and flap portions overlie the base portion. The bill may be easily inserted under or withdrawn from under the strap 56 with the wing portions 14 and 20 and the flaps 16 and 24 placed in opened condition somewhat as shown in FIGURE 2.

This invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details set forth since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a coin and bill mailing card, a base portion, a wing portion having a foldable connection with said base portion on each side thereof and overlying said base portion when folded, said wing portions having at least one coin receiving slot formed therein, a flap member connected to each of said wing portions by means of a foldable connection and overlying said folded wing portions and said base portion when folded, said foldable connections forming coin retaining shoulder means when said card is in a retracted folded position, the slot of said wing portions being formed parallel to the foldable connections of said wing members with said base portion, said base portion being formed with a strap member under which a folded bill may be positioned and held in position by said wing members folded upon said central base portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,587,987 Phelps June 8, 1926 2,107,450 Miller Feb. 8, 1938 2,459,292 Sherbondy Jan. 18, 1949 2,589,632 Scott Mar. 18, 1952 

